Lumi Cavazos
Biography
Lumi Cavazos is a Mexican actress who began performing as a teenager and whose first screen role came in Busi Cortés's El Secreto de Romalia in 1988. Raised in Monterrey, she studied at the Centro Universitario de Teatro UNAM from 1990 and went on to appear in many Mexican films and television series. Her portrayal of Tita in Like Water for Chocolate (1992) brought her Best Actress prizes at the Tokyo Film Festival and Brazil's Festival de Gramado, drew the notice of US critics and audiences, and eased her way into American films. She later settled in Los Angeles and took work in US television dramas, a featured part in Bottle Rocket (1996), Wes Anderson's first film, and a singing role in Sugar Town. She is sometimes billed as Rosita Lumi Cavazos.
57years old
Turns 58 on December 21in 40 days
- Born Monterrey
- Star sign: SagittariusLast day of the sign, on the Capricorn cusp
- Also credited as Luz Maria Cavazos
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 24 years1996 to 2020
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Behind the award
Cavazos played Tita in the 1992 movie Like Water for Chocolate, and her work in that part brought her Best Actress prizes from the Tokyo Film Festival and Brazil's Festival de Gramado. The movie caught the eye of US critics and audiences, which helped her break into American films.
Lumi Cavazos movies on Netflix
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Owen Wilson's page
Salma Hayek's page
All films by Wes Anderson
All films by Chuck Russell
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